The classification of coherence relations and their linguistic markers: An exploration of two languages

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-175

  Knott, Alistair ^a   Sanders, Ted ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0032132908     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-2166(98)00023-x     Document Type: Article

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